Blood, Class, and Nostalgia

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Blood, Class, and Nostalgia: Anglo-American Ironies is a 1990 book by Christopher Hitchens which aims to examine the so-called "Special Relationship" between the United States and Great Britain, with a focus especially on the 20th century.

A review by John T. Elson for Time magazine described the book as "rambling [and] opinionated".[1]

It was reissued in 2004 as Blood, Class and Empire: The Enduring Anglo-American Relationship, with a new preface by the author.

Hitchens suggested that the book does not purport to be a history of the relationship; it is rather, a series of "incisions, made at selected crucial points".[2]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Elson, John (6 August 1990). "Books: Brit Kitsch Blood, Class, and Nostalgia by Christopher Hitchens". Time.
  2. ^ Hitchens 2004, p. ix.

References[edit]

  • Hitchens, Christopher. Blood, Class and Empire: The Enduring Anglo-American Relationship. Nation Books, 2004.